Angry mother ducks can't stop a heron that's eating ducklings for animal meat feedings

An avian predator is eating ducklings in the duck breeding season to vary its food intake, and an angry mother duck can do nothing to protect her offspring from this kind of predatory eating behavior. The ducks are a lot smaller than the herons, and because of this, a mother duck is unable to adequately defend herself and her babies from an aggressive heron that eats ducklings. The heron successfully hunts and eats baby ducks right through the duck nesting season from the start of spring and to the end of the summer months, and eating ducklings regularly throughout these seasons is an essential part of the heron's complex and varied diet. The herons are highly adapted birds that apply experience and instinct when hunting ducklings, and their finely tuned attacks are an incredible example of what nature and evolution will create for an animal to survive in the wild natural world every day. The heron is a species of meat-eating predatory wading bird that attacks and feeds on other animals they are carnivorous predators; they are a top predator and are exceptional hunters of all kinds of prey animals live and breed throughout the world. Herons have an incredible instinct to attack and eat other animals, and this type of feeding behaviour has evolved over millions of years to enable them to have an extensive menu of wild protein-rich food. The herons have a very diverse diet of meat from hunting and eating other animals, and they especially like to eat fish and a wide variety of aquatic creatures that live in seawater and freshwater. The heron can be seen actively hunting and eating baby birds throughout the breeding seasons, especially when they live and breed in the herons' natural habitats. The herons can be found living and breeding in almost every habitat close to water throughout the world.

[@gojiratheking1065]

*Two days later* "Quack, quack!" "Will you shut up already?!"

[@user-ig7ch6io6v]

Gojiratheking106 xD

[@nothingsixsixsix]

I particularly enjoyed the duckling quacking inside of the heron.

[@MikeForce111]

LOL

[@nizamuddinjamaluddin8123]

Gojiratheking106 best comment

[@shubhamnamdev]

Lol

[@terraaustralisincognito3692]

Duckling 1: "Dang, he got you too huh?" Duckling 2: "Yyyep."

[@Liuhuayue]

The heron must have been thinking, "What a buffet! An annoyingly noisy one, but them's the breaks."

[@MikeForce111]

2:25 Dat indigestion though 😂 That duckling was a real trooper, quacking all the way to the stomach. *Salutes*

[@zackdarksky1208]

It weirded me out how, for the longest time, it looked like the duckling was just chilling on the Heron's beak. It was like 'Am I okay with this? I think I'm okay with this.'

[@danmart1879]

No need to worry---this has been going on for millions of years, and the ducks are still here.

[@travels129]

Thats nature

[@johnathannapier6894]

I love how the description said "The herons are highly adapted birds that apply experience and instinct when hunting ducklings." like there is a science to this. It's just snatching them out of the water. It's not "hunting" them. It's a freakin' buffet...

[@DjDobleU809]

Lmfao. Right? Where's the science here?

[@jamesweekley1087]

I've seen a heron pull an eel out of the local creek. The eel faught until the heron got it in it's beak. Then the heron played "crack the whip" with the eel, snapping it's spine. Then the eel was lunch. It was a fantastic "real world" moment. These things happen every day, thousands of time. I felt honored to witness the raw truth of nature, unfiltered by Disney or the Discovery channel.

[@TimothyCow23]

I wanna raise my ducklings but this one heron keeps eating them

[@MrHellUnleasher]

Is it TheHeron27?

[@TimothyCow23]

Yeah, TheHeron27

[@unoriginalname2842]

TimothyCow23 who's the heron27?

[@TimothyCow23]

Some say theheron27 is the first heron to ever exist. Born from the depths of the lake.

[@ArcheBoss]

I heard TheHeron27 can swallow a duckling, faster than a normal one.

[@BCK2318]

It’s a family reunion in that belly!

[@gerfonda4646]

Brandon uncle Richard is that you? We thought we lost you during the flight, oh shit, it is you.

[@AA-mx4ln]

Mr. Brandon that a reunion?? What in the world is that????? First that belly is too small. Second oh wait my quails are hungry ok so see ya I have to feed rocky,Amy. One hour later... and junior.

[@cliffcampbell8827]

I know, right? That heron didn't even wait for the first one to hit his belly before snacking on the second little bite.

[@paulanthony5274]

And the ducks think by hiding them under a shrub they'll be safe. The Herons know where they are,whether on the water or hiding,they are basically screwed

[@11wlanintouhou12]

1:56 this is now my favorite animal

[@robertpoole9136]

I wonder how long it quacked before dying?

[@MrNarutotran32]

Why so many dislikes? Yes it is a sad to watch this video but otherwise Wildirishswan did a great job on recording this event and the quality is pristine.

[@BigTimeRockFan]

The videographer cut out the end where the full grown duck is about to be eaten…everyone wants to see that one swallowed whole (sarcastic humor, agree very well filmed)

[@pHoTyPHoToN]

3:30 had to dip him in water to get him down smoothly. Reminded me of dipping a dry piece of turkey into gravy 👁

[@mjt2231]

same concept

[@k.vn.k]

Crunchy.

[@umarmujaahid1136]

😄 but the difference is your turkey that you ate is already dead & well cook. 😄

[@Siilver]

that first duckling though. *Save me For god's sake!*

[@vigilante9901]

😭

[@joshuakimmich4486]

WHEN THE WIND BLOWS AND THE FIYAHS HOT THE VULCHAAA WAITS TO SEE WHAT ROTS OH HOW PRETTY ALL THE SCENERY THIS IS NATURES SACRIFICEEEEEE

[@kellypumpkin9130]

I habe one of these at my local lake. I feed the fish and that feeds him so now he follows me and walks beside me. He walks close enough next to me to touch him. He’s super friendly and I’ve grown quite fond of him. Figured I’d do some research on them and here I am. That sweet bird. Say it ain’t so.

[@paulanthony5274]

It's using you though. But never mind,perhaps you can get a few snaps and put them on Facebook or something? Personally I don't like tgem, I know I'm being a melt but their eyes are dead and they look weird. But it's just a bird at the ed of the day.

[@ExplodingPrinny]

Duckling is always on the menu.

[@LadyBeritanavatarius]

I think herons swallow fish alive as well. They're built that way, I don't think there's any cruel intent... they just don't have the tools and not being tool users/ builders like us it probably wouldn't occur to them to try... or if it did they wouldn't know how....

[@NoNo-fg5cp]

they usually have a had time torching the barbie

[@bullphr0g489]

ExplodingPrinny Especially here in the philippines. We consider them as a delicacy lol

[@bullphr0g489]

ItsADraigon 11 what? Me?

[@marcosrosa5071]

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[@stevenscottoddballz]

I don't think I could ever be a Nature Filmer. I would want to desperately help all the animals that were in trouble right in front of my lens.

[@sagarshetty3175]

then how u gonna help a starving carnivore?

[@ExtremelyClever555]

Steven i fully agree with you.

[@brianteo3996]

do a tv show about that

[@derpyhooves1961]

but if you dink about it its nature just leave it how it is and has always been

[@SutapaBhattacharyaKolkata]

If you take away a carnivore's food, then the carnivore is the one in trouble.

[@Epictheargonian]

I bet them ducks never thought they would ever turn into bird crap

[@anthonymayfield4797]

Baby Ducking: Hey you cowards get over here and help me!!!!

[@paulineb66]

The heron has to eat too. It's not going to get all of the babies. That's why ducks have so many offspring. It's a prey bird.

[@iamtotallynot123]

I like how the ducks mamas are so bothered but have no defense skills. Just swimming around quaking like "Baby! Get out of the herons mouth right now!!"

[@snowman9555]

If the heron feeds on them daily, that tactic of having many offspring will be of little use.

[@briannaharter4411]

the heron won't get all the ducklings.the smart ones that know how to hide will live.the dumb ones that stay to far out in the open will die.

[@fivefive6]

You say this like this exact scene hasn't been playing out for thousands of years.

[@Think_For_Yourself_]

noellana ever heard of fish you cannibal!

[@zedrameses1564]

Modern day dinosaurs!

[@katzenware]

Duckling eats grass (and possibly a small bug in the grass), heron eats duckling, heron gets served in a restaurant and then pooped back out by us.

[@hollywoodp3581]

That Heron went Beast Mode

[@MrThalion]

It´s sad for the little ducks, because they have a painful death. They are alive when he eats them, but it´s nature.

[@jedskulls4295]

Simon WoodburyForget Sounds you had been swallowed before .. you know the feelings 😂

[@milzijex7340]

'but its nature' and yes death is everywhere. Does not make it comprehensible nor palatable that this life, 'nature' destroys the weak.

[@manofweed1]

Cruel yes, but I'd doubt they have the same level of sensibility to pain and suffering that humans do, if that's any consolation.

[@LadyBeritanavatarius]

It's not "nature' specifically, it's how the heron body is designed... not being a tool user, even if he did think of killing before eating his prey he probably wouldn't know how. It comes so easy to us because we have been making tools for millennia, but most animals aren't and so they seem cruel but they really are just stuck with what they have, they aren't tool makers. Fang, claw and beak are the tools, while we make our own.

[@CloroxBleach-gr4fs]

MrThalion we are a part of nature aswell, od shoot it at sight

[@denisandrei1989]

Top 10 Saddests anime deaths

[@justsomedouchebag8937]

Mae Hughes will stay in first place forever.

[@kay6480]

I should be laughing

[@kay6480]

*shouldn't

[@EvaDragon101]

ⒸⓡⓘⓝⓖⓔⓊⓢⓔⓡⓝⓐⓜⓔⓁⓄⓁ, me too and why am I watching this!?!

[@kay6480]

Rainbow kitten kitty cat same tho XD

[@indyj16]

Heron: "Oh no! Don't splash me with water!! Whatever shall I do??"........gulps duckling XD

[@paulanthony5274]

I know,all the ducks do is hiss and rush past t hem,they don't even look at them

[@an8thdimensionalbeing142]

This is the same thing as you eating chicken nuggets, the only difference is that the heron is actually eating something with nutritional value 😂

[@SPACE_CHUCK_NORRIS]

If you saw this same video of a Heron eating up alligator babies there would be no issue. But because it's little ducklings you lose your minds. Nature is hell... Isn't it? No different than what we do to others as humans. Granted not eat them. For most.

[@jackrobertson8839]

Yay some also understands that it's nature

[@ralphschraven339]

I don't see your perspective of the comment section reflected on the actual comment section, actually. Most people are aware that herons need food too and that ducks are prey birds. However, it's understandably sad to watch a bird get eaten alive and being humans we share our thoughts in the comment section with other people. Ain't nothing wrong with that. Also, your argument about humans just makes no sense to me at all. First off, we don't eat each other alive, so the analogy makes little sense to boot. But let's ignore that part and focus only on the killing part. We complain about that all the time as well! How many news articles have been published after a single terrorist attack, a single battle, even after "just" an accident?! We spend a great deal of time obsessing about these things, not just about them ducklings. To word it differently, to me it sounds like your point is "we can't complain about nature because then we'd be hypocrites for not complaining about ourselves first", but we actually do complain about ourselves all the time. So I don't see your point, really.

[@SPACE_CHUCK_NORRIS]

Don't try to church it up boy. I honestly didn't read your whole comment before I decided you are a dimwit. You had to double check your spelling for that HAHAHA! I'm sorry you're so angry right now. Just let this one slide. You're dealing with someone smarter than you...

[@NoNo-fg5cp]

I dunno ...bit a garlic, butter..ummm few types of pepper, salt...some others....you probably grill up pretty good too

[@SPACE_CHUCK_NORRIS]

That's yet to be seen...

[@ghostlylover99123]

That's one hell of a predator, catching two within a minute

[@GForceIntel]

Honestly it doesn't seem that hard.

[@maplebasin4740]

when the baby ducks were screaming they were actully saying.... MOMMY HELP YELP MOMMY HELP SOMEBODY IS BITING ME

[@rosemarybrockman7204]

Finally, now I can see if their screams are heard in the throat.

[@femalegermanvoicereading8331]

I didn't watch the video... Turned it mute and read the comments instead. I like herons and I like ducks. Keep in mind: All birds are dinosaurs!

[@elvaychuy]

3:31 OMG IM GONNA CRY

[@FelixS.]

:D:D:D:D:D

[@MrQuail-nd3cr]

Me: is fish not enough for you. Heron: nope Me: does one chick is not enough for you. Heron: nope Me: is there anything will be enough for you. Heron: none Me: (suddenly calls a croc). Me: now being swallowed by a croc is enough for you. Heron: nope Me: f..k this s..t I'm out.

[@eezhan2579]

That duckling is gonna make some serious damage in the herons ear drum if they have one xD

[@Kira1Lawliet]

I don't remember Attack on Titan looking quite like this.

[@GForceIntel]

Attack on ducklings

[@iambiggus]

Circle of life peeps, if this didn't happen then ducks would rule the Earth. It sucks for us Humans to watch, but that's how it goes.

[@JoseGonzalez-np7iu]

balasera en Monterey Mexico disienbre 07

[@squishidestiny2613]

iambiggus In today's society, I'd much rather have ducks take over.

[@4exgold]

doesnt suck to watch at all. it's great entertainment as well as being educational

[@AnakinSkywakka]

It sucks seeing the young getting mauled but hey, for every life lost, new life spawns.

[@bradyjohnson1337]

EffoVex Im sure ducks aren't very intelligent, so it probably didn't upset them as much as some of the people in these comment section. It's not mankind's fault ducks aren't as advanced as us.

[@lillylouise5353]

didnt even know ducks can get mad

[@taze27]

Just be glad there's no giant dinosaurs running around day and night.

[@thedevilinfrankenstein6503]

this is sad to see but interesting of how nature keeps balance in check. i thank you for sharing. i did not know those birds eat other birds. i thought they just hunt fish and forge for plants

[@paulanthony5274]

Ahh they eat anything, honestly anything that moves and big enough to swallow,Rats, anything..

[@fieryenen7943]

"How lovely,freshly pick duckling is the best."-Heron

[@emre833]

wheres the father duck when you need him? xD he was like i m out of here

[@anthonyehrenzweig7697]

I liked the sound of the underground train coming into the station at the end.

[@killugonzolfreecss5355]

The fact that we continue to hear it quack inside the heron's throat is amazing

[@dannypadilla7667]

And the stomach acid just eats at them until they die.

[@paulanthony5274]

I thought that but I think it was one on the pond because the sound would be muffled inside it but it wasnt

[@FelixS.]

@@dannypadilla7667 No it dies within a minute due to lack of oxygen. It isn´t slow. It is fast.

[@FelixS.]

You don´t hear the duckling, its the sound of an adult one, probably its mother. Ducklings make totally different sounds.

[@ancienttunic195_3]

Pikmin in a nutshell

[@rabbit0664]

AncientTunic195 _ Dam those Burrowing Snagrets

[@totallynotzim6139]

It may be/look evil to say,but...1:57 it is kinda funny when the duckling is still quacking when it was already eaten

[@totallynotzim6139]

I love ducklings though they are cute

[@rosewaters2533]

Ducklings chirps... that quacking is from the mum.

[@jaredburton1929]

Nobody: Heron: It's time for vore.

[@Oneofhisravens]

I kinda feel bad for it still quacking begging for help even inside

[@mjt2231]

eh, he'll get over it

[@FelixS.]

That´s the mother, you can´t hear the little one at all.

[@asillyoldman5737]

No THATS what I call a happy meal!

[@51Elite]

A silly old Man XD

[@cherrytheteletubbie7734]

Duckling: mom why you doing this? Duck: cuz I hate you! Duck: swallows~ Duckling: NOOOOOO. duckling: mom it's dark in you.

[@mitchellphillips4691]

What’s it have at the end?

[@r6685]

And that's life for us. You can't always stop bad things from happening.

[@jacobjackson8245]

rest in peace little duckling 😢

[@MikeForce111]

It will have a real rest when it's in the dung pile

[@voreiscanceroushater6562]

TheCompleteMental Nothing will happen because you cant kill me

[@froku3013]

Steven Wait what how

[@dsteffler54]

That's one way to imitate the sounds of a baby duck.

[@andreadouglas3170]

I never knew herons ate ducklings you learn something new everyday

[@irgendeinname9256]

They eat anything they can swallow. Also little mammals

[@bieassialaw6832]

This is amazing. It was an all you can eat duckling buffet 🦆🦆🦆🦆

[@markmikolay9019]

Isn't nature lovely? >:D

[@kelleyeidem667]

That heron is a darn good ventriloquist.

[@gerakankonservasibinatangi1078]

thanks, you have added my knowledge reference

[@MeditationForLifeU]

Poor Duck, too small to defend , against such a large bird.

[@SniperRose1]

Likes at 1k and dislikes at 1k. What should I do?

[@tamraarmstrong1433]

I didn't know herons ate ducklings until I watched a kids' movie. This is wild!

[@TheAristump]

Why is the duck still quacking in the herons body or was that something else

[@i-4909]

so sad dude

[@ImBotch]

+manwhofartinchurch sitsinhisownpew do you mean dumb ass like it the donkey as it's dumb or the butt that's dumb. As you mean dumb donkey which describes you as in the "ass" part or the "dumb" part, as in you trying to be smart and making donkeys dumb? Or as in stupid but apparently smart but dumb an you mean of "dumb"?

[@matthoon3737]

manwhofartinchurch sitsinhisownpew *pulls out shotgun* is there a challenge?

[@keegssolo3192]

#TheWorldRules 196 Something here is oddly satisfying to me.

[@AnakinSkywakka]

David Davidson That doesn't mean people aren't allowed feel emotion when experiencing it.

[@coolbeanz521]

Adrian welcome to sarcastic remark (≖_≖)

[@XionAvalonArcadia]

This Heron has become Perfect Heron after absorbing Ducklings 17 and 18....

[@veggieboi4994]

Lmao dragon ball moment

[@a-terrible-fate532]

Heron enjoys duckling dessert XD

[@patricknulty6199]

How long would the duckling stay alive inside the heron?

[@prazertv]

Get in my belly! I'm bigger than you. Higher on the food chain.

[@ChineseChicken1]

Chili’s Baby Back Ribs 🎶

[@dantea.8399]

Such a heartwarming video. Heron gets a snack and moma duck has one less mouth to feed. Everybody wins.

[@abelieverinabel6922]

😆 🤣 lol

[@afifkhaja]

That is a sick way to think. Why would the moma duck give birth in the first place if it wanted its children to die?

[@shama9481]

Guys, if u are mad or anything u need to understand the Nature isnt a Disney Movie or a Story with a Happy Ending. This is the real nature so open ur eyes and look what is the Nature

[@slund2473]

*intense quacking as the baby is stuffed down heron throat* "uhh, mom, mom, MA-"

[@raphiontherocks1591]

if you're sad about this, click on the video on the top right and (at least in my case) see a heron being eaten alive by lions in Amsterdam Artis Zoo

[@laharl2k]

If youre sad about that too, click the video to the top right where a lion is being eaten by humans in africa

[@gwynveredaniels7666]

if your sad about that, click the video in the to the top right to see a human being eaten by a alien.

[@youtubeenigma8316]

And if you are sad about that, click the video of an alien being mutilated by predator.

[@paleo75]

Amazing footage, thanks for the upload!

[@jonni1486]

@AIDEN_ PEARCE yes, amazing footage of mother nature. I'm sorry if it wasn't sunshine and rainbows like in the disney movies you've watched

[@Thedaddi2000]

Modern day dinosaurs. They are so efficient in their hunting methods. That last one looked like a grown duck.

[@paulanthony5274]

Yeah, that was a big ass duck that last one,mind you chicks can look bigger than adults when they fatten up

[@raymartsantiago8078]

YOU SEE THE HERON BEAK? IT IS LIKE A SPEAR!!!

[@sonyhk3824]

Poor ducklings

[@BalrogIsCool]

:(

[@cometanimates8007]

Sony H K 😭

[@NoNo-fg5cp]

good drugs?.....

[@kimedward4404]

yeah weeeee weeeee weeeeee

[@Rubywing4]

+Simon WoodburyForget They were still alive when it ate them, so they ended up dying slowly and painfully in its acidic stomach:(

[@JeremyBX]

That’s quite the vore Xp

[@969purpleroses9]

Jeremy Boateng THANK YOU! I was waiting for someone to say it...

[@gdzcombine5307]

i'd foreseen someone will say this.

[@brianisom1698]

that is so f****** cool the way you could still hear the baby ducks screaming as it went down the herons throat to cool do it again

[@MatrixDiscovery]

Most people complaining about the heron probably had duck for dinner once.

[@molinodesign]

rip donald and daffy duck

[@2097Pyros]

Now they're dueling pianos in the Duck Afterlife.

[@wolfgirlvicyt5555]

The circle of life!!!

[@slipperykarma9784]

Wolfgirlvic YT What part of the Lion King did they get this clip from? Was it in the Directors Cut?

[@lostn65]

was it still quacking from inside the heron's throat?

[@killbill187ful1]

I think does were the other ducks quacking.

[@forgodsakestopplz7944]

Era o filhote de pato que estava gransnando quando a garça o estava engolindo?

[@nahuchoa]

Tadinho 😢

[@Lord-Rapter]

That's it, next time I spot a heron I take my rifle!

[@buccy64]

Why down vote, you see the title? The title is not click bait and is accurate to the video captured.

[@samore11]

it does make me wonder how any ducklings survive. It's not like this was a one time thing for the herons.

[@cenktuneygok8986]

After this one I went on looking up eagle hunting heron videos. It felt so good.

[@PISQUEFrancis]

wildlife ... every animal has to fight to see tomorrow, every day. NONE of them have it "easy" ... not prey ... not predator ...

[@tdowell8615]

Except most humans.

[@joehatfield1198]

A little white wine with your duck, Mr Heron?

[@daffyslooney2867]

Little duckling got swallowed... and is probably still making loud noises of disapproval inside Heron's belly! :(

[@khatijatasneem5996]

why he eat

[@khatijatasneem5996]

soooooooo Sad

[@mikelelele7112]

so he no die

[@raganitjhoncarlo9211]

Y u no eat pork.

[@muhammedmajid7749]

Jay . Because pork is not healthy

[@muhammedmajid7749]

Optical Clarity .nope it was and still not healthy

[@stuffmorestuff6647]

i love the blue heron now

[@ryannguyen7466]

Imagine that the Heron is a scion descendant of the largest flying pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus.

[@kabkab8441]

I wasn't sure if he was going to eat it or smoke it.

[@waj7417]

This video is amazing

[@voreiscanceroushater6562]

waj This video is shit

[@concrete490]

Yes it is

[@user-lt9qx5nn6g]

*Какой ужас, больно и страшно смотреть на такое, заживо глотают, даже поплакала. Бедные цапельки, не дай бог так оголодать.*

[@TeaBurn]

I wonder what heron tastes like. Curious to find out.

[@Realistic316]

i wonder at what point the duckling dies… after it’s in the stomach for a minute or two?